Bookcrossing is a world-wide movement to the free passing on of books to acquaintance, usually however to unknown persons. Over a central data base on the Website of the project thereby the way of the book can be pursued by all previous owners.

How does it

Each book is registered, before it is passed on, on the Bookcrossing web page and gets its own BCID (BookCrossing ). At the same time for the book its own Internet (under) is put on a side, on which the current and all future owner can leave their comments to the book.

After one provided the book with a handwritten remark or a label bonded, on which the BCID is registered, it to friends is passed on or in the public lie-let somewhere. Thereby weather-protected places are recommendable since some books are not found over longer time. Usually this "“release"” is registered also still into the data base, so that other Bookcrosser can go purposefully at the search to the book.

The Finder enters the BCID on the web page and can then as desired also still to it-write, where it found the book and like it it if necessary pleased. This comment is stored on the page of the book and sent automatically by E-Mail to that, which registered the book, as well as all other previous owners. In this way the career/development of the book as well as the opinions of the readers in the Internet can be checked at any time. However each book is not found; some are considered also for months as disappeared, until they emerge nevertheless again with an entry on the project Website, others never dip.

Registering of books is only the announced members by Bookcrossing reserved, an entry to write can against it everyone as anonymous Finder so mentioned, if it knows the complete BCID.

The profile of each announced user shows the . There all books are listed, which were registered by the appropriate user, as well as all, which he found or skillfully got. With each book it is evident with which user it is straight or whether at a publicly accessible place is to be found it.

The history of BC

Bookcrossing by the American Ron Hornbaker was invented, that on 21 April 2001, inspired of where is George (Washington) http://www.wheresgeorge.com and Phototaghttp: /www.phototag.org, on the idea came, books "“into the liberty to dismiss"” and so a free book club create.

At first only few became enthusiastic for the idea, but according to some articles in large US-American and also German newspapers, among other things the mirror, which daily paper, c't Rheini post office, grew the movement. Also the television with reports on the meeting contributed to the rise of the numbers of members.

In the meantime world-wide more than 460,000 members registered scarcely 3 million books. In Germany there are approximately 29,000 Bookcrosser, which registered over 206.000 books (conditions: April 2006).

Further kinds of play of Bookcrossing

With the time within Bookcrossing further kinds of play developed. The basic principle (free passing on of books, entries into the data base etc.) remains the same; however with most of these variants the book is not any longer ausgewildert, but is continued to send by post office (control LED so mentioned release):

• with a Bookring the initiator offers the book in the Internet and sends it to the first prospective customer; this reads it, inquired with second its address and continues to send it. The latter sends back it then its starting point
• a Bookray functioned exactly the same, but can have the latter in in sequence liking the book
• a Bookbox like a Bookring, but is functioned likewise sent here a whole package with books (usually to a certain topic) on the journey. The receiver takes the books out, which interest him, fills the package with other books to the same topic and continues to send the package. Each taken and each inserted book get its own journalization as usual with the usual "“Auswildern"”.

Meeting, OBCZs and projects

On regional level regularly meetings find instead of (usually once in the month). An international meeting in Germany gave it for the first time at Whitsuntide 2004 in The next such meeting is for the period of 25. - 28. May 2006 in Dresden planned. Where and when such regular meetings take place, can be checked on the German support web page.

In Germany some Bookcrossing zones since 2003 (OBCZ exist: Official BookCrossing zone), in which one finds "“released"” books. Prominently is at present Cologne with six OBCZs. (Conditions March 2006). These zones are usually or restaurants, which reserved a special shelf or otherwise a place for BC-books. Where the OBCZs is exactly in Germany, can be checked on the German support web page.

In Stuttgart a supporting project was started, whereby in January 2003 about 1,000 books were passed on. The glass box in such a way specified was developed however only for one week.

With the Corso of the light shapes, an action, which would like to make attentive on illiteratism in Germany, a Bookcrossing crate travels also.

German publishing houses, which support Bookcrossing

Goldmann publishing house, which approximately 1000 books of the author Marc Costello, exposed Paranoia. The copies provided with a extra Cover are registered however not directly with Bookcrossing. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1300288

The Betzel publishing house makes in each case a copy available of its new publications for a book ring, which by a Bookcrossing godfather one cares for. http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/BetzelVerlag

Also Literareon - the publishing house for authors (a Imprint of the Herbert Utz of publishing house) in Munich makes a copy available from all new publications and many titles of baking cunning. It furnished its own Bookcrossing zone for it even in its entrance hall. In addition suspended in the context of the residents of Munich book-look 2005 111 copies of"” driving licence class 1905 "“of the earlier BR-Radiojournalisten Bernhard http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/literareon

See also

• Umsonstladen
• Exchange ticket
• Book club
• Library
• Read authority
• CDCrossing

Sources

Related links

• http://www.bookcrossing.com - official side
• http://www.bookcrossers.de - German support side
• http://www.bookcrossing.at - Austrian support side
• http://www.bookcrossers.eu - overview of the European support sides
• http://bcz.blogg.de - Bookcrossing Blogg

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